Hi, I'm Patrick Thornton

I love technology the Internet, media, journalism, information and design. I'm fascinated by the intersection of them.

I consider myself a communicator, journalist and technologist. Ever since I was a kid, I was fascinated by computers and especially by the power of the Internet to connect people with each other and information. I believe that technology is at its best when it is intersected with the liberal arts and humanities, making technology more human, usable and enjoyable.

I combined my undergraduate journalism work with a master's in human-computer interaction, which focuses on the intersection of computer science, design, user experience, information architecture and more.

I'm the director of digital products at Washingtonian, currently leading a mobile-first redesign of all of our digital products. I lead a team of designers, developers and producers to make kick-ass products that make users happy.

I like to write, professionally, personally, whatever, whenever. Below you can find some of my recent writing. I've been published in more than 10 different publications and have covered sports, news, technology and journalism. Here is my blog, which focuses on the future of journalism.

I started the Interchange Project as a way to analyze and report on the intersection of technology and the liberal arts. That's where you'll find most of my adobe site writing. The Interchange Project also has a weekly podcast that I cohost with journalism professor Jeremy Littau.

I ran New York University's grant-funded journalism project BeatBlogging.org. The project studied how journalists used social media and other Web tools to improve beat reporting. I write articles for the journalism think tank Poynter.org on online journalism, social media and how computers are changing journalism. In addition to heading up the editorial side of BeatBlogging.org, I managed the server and wrote HTML and CSS for the project.

You can find my full work history in my résumé. You can email me at patrickwthornton [at] gmail [dot] com or send me a tweet.